Enrique’s Journey
The issue of immigrant mothers leaving home in order to give their children and families a better life has become a big one. Some say that the mother should go and search for the better life even if it means not seeing her children for a very long time, but others say that it would have been best for the mothers to stay and be there for her children and family. This topic is important because it could have many outcomes, and could impact the lives of many families. For example some immigrant mothers have left their country and family to find jobs in the U.S. Unfortunately though, it is years, even decades until she sees them again, some children feel like the mother has abandoned them. In the end though, the mother does …show more content…
I just think it might have been better for the mothers to stay and try to find another way to get their better life. There is always a possibility, that the mother will succeed, that is what everyone hopes for, but there is always the possibility, that she could be unsuccessful.
Immigrant mothers can have a hard time finding a good paying job to start their new lives. They could be in the U.S. but in worse conditions than back at home. She could end up homeless or hungry with no job. "Come home," Lourdes's own mother begs her on the telephone. "It may only be beans, but you always have food here." (32) Even Lourdes’s mother knows that being back at home could make things better, she knows that a child needs their mother in their lives. "When are you coming home?" Enrique asks. Lourdes avoids answering the question directly." (31) Enrique had just telephoned his mother, she promised they would be together soon, but it occurs to Enrique that maybe he could go to his mother before she comes back to Honduras. This thought is what starts his journey. Throughout the journey Enrique encounters so much pain and misery, finding his mother is a lot harder than he
The issue of immigrant mothers leaving home in order to give their children and families a better life has become a big one. Some say that the mother should go and search for the better life even if it means not seeing her children for a very long time, but others say that it would have been best for the mothers to stay and be there for her children and family. This topic is important because it could have many outcomes, and could impact the lives of many families. For example some immigrant mothers have left their country and family to find jobs in the U.S. Unfortunately though, it is years, even decades until she sees them again, some children feel like the mother has abandoned them. In the end though, the mother does …show more content…
I just think it might have been better for the mothers to stay and try to find another way to get their better life. There is always a possibility, that the mother will succeed, that is what everyone hopes for, but there is always the possibility, that she could be unsuccessful.
Immigrant mothers can have a hard time finding a good paying job to start their new lives. They could be in the U.S. but in worse conditions than back at home. She could end up homeless or hungry with no job. "Come home," Lourdes's own mother begs her on the telephone. "It may only be beans, but you always have food here." (32) Even Lourdes’s mother knows that being back at home could make things better, she knows that a child needs their mother in their lives. "When are you coming home?" Enrique asks. Lourdes avoids answering the question directly." (31) Enrique had just telephoned his mother, she promised they would be together soon, but it occurs to Enrique that maybe he could go to his mother before she comes back to Honduras. This thought is what starts his journey. Throughout the journey Enrique encounters so much pain and misery, finding his mother is a lot harder than he